This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.Democracy wasn’t just showing up and voting in Athens—it needed infrastructure, and that’s where the Boule came in. This episode explores how 500 citizens, chosen at random, met daily to steer the Athenian state, draft proposals, and make democracy happen in real time. Sound impossible? It wasn’t. And it’s probably more sophisticated than you think.If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistoryCustom Printed Shirts in 3 days! Go to&nbsp;<a href="http://graveyardprinting.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">graveyardprinting.com</a>&nbsp;and enter coupon code FANOFHISTORY2025 for 11% offContact information:E-mail: zimwaupodcast@gmail.comhttp://facebook.com/fanofhistoryhttps://twitter.com/danhorninghttps://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse.Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at&nbsp;<a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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223. 500s BC: The Boule – 500 Random Guys and the Birth of Bureaucracy (Greek Democracy 2)

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